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14-11-2016 | Editorial

Introduction: culturally motivated virtual characters and Connect-Universum

Author: Karamjit S. Gill

Published in: AI & SOCIETY | Issue 1/2017

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This volume includes papers from two events, the first on the theme of “Culturally Motivated Virtual characters” and the second on “Connect-Universum”. The conference on the theme of “Culturally Motivated Virtual characters” was organised by Asad Nazir and Sandy Louchart, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. It argued that in present day world, there is an increased interaction between people belonging to different cultures, this results not only in knowledge transfer but also to escalate misunderstandings into outright conflicts. The first six papers in this volume are selected from presentations at this conference, and focus on using virtual characters in their many different manifestations to recognise, express or even replicate cultural cues and to make user understand the importance of not only differences in cultures but also different modes of verbal and non-verbal interactions. …

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Title: Introduction: culturally motivated virtual characters and Connect-Universum
Author: Karamjit S. Gill
Publication date: 14-11-2016
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: AI & SOCIETY / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0951-5666
Electronic ISSN: 1435-5655
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-016-0682-3

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